Wednesday 18 February 2015

Where Nannas Hep A berries come from in China


Nannas berries are grown in the Shandong province of China, evidently the most polluted part of the country. They use human waste for fertiliser. So far 10 Australians have been diagnosed with Hep A from eating these berries. Hep A comes from human waste containing the virus being ingested. 

This is the river Jinling in the Shandong province, where berries bound for Australia are grown and packed. It's colour is from pollution.


The Red Cross has put a two month ban on anyone giving blood who has eaten these berries. 

Needless to say, anyone with HIV would be particularly affected by Hepatitis. I used to buy frozen berries a while back, thinking they were good superfood kind of stuff. I'd never have had them had I known where they were coming from.

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